Description:

The Opportunity:
To achieve our ambitious goals, we are seeking a Senior Policy Counsel to become a vital part of our Legal team, helping build a new global public policy and regulatory affairs function. This role involves monitoring and engaging with the evolving technology regulatory and policy landscape to build customer trust, accelerate our business, and foster responsible technology adoption. At the core of this position is a remarkable opportunity to make a significant impact by ensuring A Free Online Writing Assistant Company maintains the trust of our users. This role will cross-functionally with our Trust, Marketing, Product, and Executive teams.

As a Senior Policy Counsel, you'll excel by shaping the legal and regulatory framework for ethical AI innovation at a pivotal moment at the intersection of law, business, and technology. This expansive role goes far beyond legislative detection and analysis - you'll drive our global legislative and regulatory strategy for A Free Online Writing Assistant Company products, help develop a best-in-class trust narrative for technologies we develop, and lead an engagement strategy to support our thought leadership.

As a member of the A Free Online Writing Assistant Company Legal team, you will also help develop the team's culture through exemplary care for others and a solid commitment to finding creative solutions to complex questions. This role reports to the Head of Product, Privacy, and Policy.

In this role, you will:
  • Identify and analyze the latest legislative proposals in technology regulation worldwide that impact A Free Online Writing Assistant Company company strategy, providing substantive and effective engagement.
  • Communicate regulatory compliance requirements and offer guidance to other teams, including Engineering, Trust, Communications, Product, and other teams within the Legal department.
  • Represent A Free Online Writing Assistant Company in conversations with elected officials and other policymakers.
  • Collaborate with industry groups and regulators to determine relevant requirements, negotiate, and advocate for thoughtful interpretations and rule adoption.
  • Collaborate with our Communications team to build an engagement strategy that ensures our stakeholders - customers, users, regulators, and beyond - understand and trust A Free Online Writing Assistant Company products.
  • Develop a deep understanding of new technologies (especially open source and AI) and how they operate in the real world to ensure we have a best-in-class trust story to share with policymakers and the public.
  • Draft and update playbooks and self-serve resources to educate and empower our partner teams at scale

Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated record of success focusing on legislative and regulatory issues and the interest, desire, and experience to lead the development of a comprehensive policy and community strategy.
  • Demonstrates strong analytical skills and proficiency in laws, regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and bureaucratic processes with the ability to translate complex issues into actionable guidance.
  • Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to think both tactically and strategically.
  • Ability to set priorities and respond to changing demands from multiple internal and external sources under demanding deadlines.
  • Is comfortable working with cross-functional teams and advising senior leaders on grey areas to ensure we take the optimal path.
  • Passionate about A Free Online Writing Assistant Company products and the intersection of technology, law, and business.
  • Experience with B2B and B2C SaaS.
  • JD degree from an accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar.
  • 8+ years practicing law.
  • Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
  • Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.
  • Is able to meet in person for their team's scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based.